I just finished my first project. Shot with a Pentax k1000, Kentmere Pan 400 BW film. Instead of just dumping everything in one go, I'll post as the semester goes along.

I caveman'd the first roll.

I normally resize my pics to 1000px but it seems bad practice to do it to film prints.
What's the max res for an image here? 10k?

Someone said that this looked scary, I thought it was ethereal.

"That's disturbing."
"Good."

Film is very fun and novel, but I'll be sticking to digital once this is over.

https://youtu.be/FOcuEbUPyGU?si=20ZiESJdTbXO4F3s

If you're paying ten bucks a roll you might as well take a risk.

>>4437462
Mistakes were made.

>>4437455

I gave the reprint to the shop owner.

"Death to America"
-some shitlib

>>4437450 (OP)
>>4437451
What the fuck did you do to the film? like seriously how did you even get fuckups this bad?
>>4437475
>>4437478
>>4437480
Why even post these

>>4437590
it's like if zach discovered film lmao

>>4437590
#1 I fumbled and crumpled it trying to get it into the reel. For #2 I did it alot better but something must've went wrong with the dev process. Luckily my best shots came out fine/passable.

I actually kind of like the "burned" look, reminds me of the loading screens from RDR2. I felt like posting my mistakes for keks.

>op posts something that required a modicum of effort and time
>anons respond by asking why bother
>board is dying and everyone continues to wonder why
It's so simple to call other people shit while also not contributing in the slightest to the board, huh chuddies

>>4437617
where can you even begin
its ruined film and not a single photo is level, well framed, well exposed, well anything

like dude, read a book, and think before you press the button

>>4437618
Ok.
>>4437459
>>4437460
>>4437458
>>4437456
>>4437452
Are my favorite shots, tear into em.

>>4437452
Not level, uneven development, subject isn't centred but this is slightly more subjective, film isn't flat for your scan/print
>>4437456
the chest area of the statue is the only correctly exposed/developed part
>>4437458
straightest shot in the whole set, and still off slightly, it's harder without modern camera grids but yeah gotta work at it, same dev issues as others, and flat scans are key man, or else your focus falls out
>>4437460
under exposed a stop and a half, lacking any critical detail, arguably too open on the aperture, no real focal point besides the canon logo
>>4437459
youve got some grit or dirt in your dev that's stained the image bottom left, best exposure of the batch, but focus is on the tip of the nose not the eyes, also not straight. be careful including lines etc in your background, it stands out more than you realise when it's not level.

Overall, the issues with level/straight lines is more of intentionality, none of them look deliberate, so it comes across as sloppy in that sense. A lot of your images have the same lean with the left drooping by the way, so work on correcting that in your shooting posture. Focus on your compositions more as well, make stuff centred instead of just eyeballing it and firing it, think about balance, how heavier shadows in one part of the image might overpower your midtones nearby etc.
Be gentle with your film while loading it, take your time, crumpling it is really no bueno. I'm assuming you have a paterson tank, so what i'd do is next roll you finish developing that you don't like, keep aside and don't trim, then you can practice loading it in daylight and see why you might be forcing the film too much.
My guess with your second roll was the water was too warm so your dev worked too fast, but just a guess.When flat scanning, if you don't have a good holder, or you're zooming in on a contact sheet, put some glass on top to at least get it flat-ish

Keep it going lad, improvement is time + effort

>>4437617
Don’t be butthurt OP if you suck you suck that’s just life brotha

>>4437617
you know what else requires a modicum of effort and time? eating your own shit.

>>4437450 (OP)
all of your photos are not good at all.
you have zero sense of composition/lighting. Go look at some art books or go to an art museum.

The execution is pretty bad, not gonna lie, but the composition is better (if I had to compare) to the Chicago series this one anon posted (the one that was for his school portfolio)
As this guy said >>4437650
time + effort
It’s also the best post in this thread with actual advice, hope you follow it

I had fun and it was a learning experience that made me a better shooter, but fuck film. Digital is better.

"When you gotta go you gotta go!"

>>4448905
Ugh. I hate being reminded that some people (and literate ones) actually support the great replacement.

>>4448907
I'm all for first amendment privileges, but they just had to ruin something nice.

More entitled people.

And that's that.

>>4448892
believe me, film isn't the issue here....

>>4448954
I hear mixed reviews on my work on here. In person I hear good things.